John Lithgow: Interview A confident young girl interviews John Lithgow at a Barnes and Noble book signing event for his book, Mahalia Mouse Goes to College. John Lithgow, actor/author, writes award-winning children's books. He reads/sings to an audience of children, and recounts the start of his writing career, with his book about manatees. Audio is somewhat difficult to hear; audience participation in a library setting seems like great fun!. (9:43) Author(s): No creator set

The discussion of eating disorders and schooling in Section 2 suggested that gendered relations of power, both in an institution such as a secondary school and in society at large, could contribute to the development of particular health problems for some groups of young people. The article by Evans et al. (2004) presented

HST.535 Principles and Practice of Tissue Engineering (MIT) The principles and practice of tissue engineering (and regenerative medicine) are taught by faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. The principles underlying strategies for employing selected cells, biomaterial scaffolds, soluble regulators or their genes, and mechanical loading and culture conditions, for the regeneration of tissues and organs in vitro and in vivo are addressed. Differentiated cell types and stem cellsAuthor(s): Spector, Myron,Cui, Fu-Zhai

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UT News - February 18, 2015 In today's UT News - the theatre department is debuting their production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, UT researchers are working to improve health disparities in Lucas County and the University Women's Commission is awarding scholarships.Author(s): No creator set

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Service of Remembrance for Haiti Earthquake This marks the five year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. Together with the Duke Haiti Lab, Duke Chapel will be hosting a worship service. Dean Luke Powery will preach and members of the Chapel Choir will sing. In addition, a remembrance book will be in the Chapel beginning on Friday where people may write words of solace and condolence to the people of Haiti.Author(s): No creator set

The time available to committees and the Scottish Parliament is limited. The Parliament sits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Committees will normally meet on a Tuesday or Wednesday (occasionally Monday). This means that it may not be possible to hear all detailed aspects of a particular area of legislation quickly. A system, similar to the one used in the UK Parliament, has therefore been developed to allow for the creation of subordinate legislation.

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What does it take to make a good idea successful? Successful medical innovation requires knowing how to secure resources and support. The Medical Innovation lecture series has been conceptualized to bring together students, researchers, academics, practitioners and managers to debate the cross-cutting issue of innovation in the healthcare sector. The lectures explore the challenges of innovation within complex healthcare organisations and provided nuts-and-bolts advice for healthcare professionals and researchers to build businesses around theiAuthor(s): No creator set

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Collaboration for the Cross Cultural study of Contemporary Careers Professor Michael Dickmann and Dr Emma Parry jointly direct the quantitative research phase of an important study exploring global careers. The '5C' project, the collaboration for the study of cross-cultural contemporary careers of researchers from 6 continents, looks at perceived career transitions and career success in more than 30 countries. It is probably the world's largest academic collaboration in the careers arena and envisages to draw up a world map of career influencing factors, careerAuthor(s): No creator set

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Virtual Maths, Cylinder Voids - Calculating volume Interactive simulation with exercises and video demonstrating the use of auger piling and showing how to calculate the volume of cocrete needed to fill the cylindrical voids.Author(s): Leeds Metropolitan University

We have used personal stories as evidence to support arguments about the mutual constitution of personal lives and social policy. The people in our stories all came to, or stayed in, the UK primarily because they saw it as a place of safety, not because of the welfare benefits or services they hoped to receive, and we have contrasted this with dominant discourses about (bogus) asylum seekers for whom welfare in the UK is said to act as a magnet. These dominant or official discourses, echoed b

Entering students often think of a PhD as a ‘magnum opus’, a brilliant research project culminating in a great work. This is rather a demanding model, and few students win Nobel Prizes as a result of their doctoral studies. More realistically, a PhD is research training leading to a research qualification. The PhD is a passport to a research career.

There are other views of a PhD, as well. Getting a PhD can be a ‘rite of passage’, prerequisite to admission into the academic ‘t